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Gore's job is never in question. Go ahead and look up the production of every other RB in SF outside of Gore during the same time. You'll pretty much find a host of nobody's who couldn't replace him. You'll also find a host of QB's, OC's and HC's who also aren't in SF anymore. He's been more important to the 49ers offense than Watters, Hearst, and Garner simply because he has more of an impact on wins with lesser teams than the aforementioned RB's had, other than Roger Craig. In fact, he also has been a great receptor out of the backfield until Harbaugh's offense, which hardly has any throws to an RB.
Is he Adrian Peterson? No, but Adrian Peterson has never played under Mike McCarthy, Norv Turner, Jim Hostler, Mike Martz, Jimmy Raye, and Greg Roman as OC's throughout his career as well as Mike Nolan, Mike Singletary, and now Jim Harbaugh who depend on Gore with the carousel of offense and QB's, most of who haven't even been able to match even Jeff Garcia as a passer. People think than all an RB does is "here is ball, run with ball", but blocking schemes, timing routes, etc., all depend on whether you can run things such as play action. Gore has been able to adapt to all the change in SF, is again their all time leading rusher, and is pretty much still the gear much needed. The only thing that stops Gore is injuries, a bad offensive line, a bad defense to which he has played under many that keeps his touches away, but even with that, the 49ers still, even with Hyde, can't keep Gore from starting. Why? Because Kaepernick needs Gore. Like Alex Smith needed Gore. Because the QB's themselves need Gore, and can't help make a Hunter, James or Hyde replace him.
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